Hi all,
I'd like to create a very simple plugin for Taverna 2.0, something very simple like like implementing a 'convertDnaToRna'. There is already some source code that can be found on the net e.g. Egon Willighagen's code at http://github.com/egonw/cdk-taverna but it requires to know Maven and.... I'm too lazy :-)
How can I implement this kind of simple plugin without maven ? ( I just want to compile, package & create the right XML config files)
Thanks!
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Pierre Lindenbaum
Pierre, I feel your pain; Maven is not quite my friend either... Taverna is a really modular, and comes with very many dependencies... these are recursively defined and resolved using Maven... I'd love to build a plugin without it too, but never dared setting up such a system myself :)
However, the Taverna developers have written up a tutorial for creating new plugins all from within an Eclipse (with Maven plugin) environment, which I used on Friday to set up a functional plugin from scratch in a few hours. I first thought it was typical for calling SOAP services, but in fact is pretty general. You may find yourself removing a lot of template code, as the template you install (a Maven archetype) is a full 'activity', and not a simple one port in, one port out one.
I guess I should flag this anwser as correct :-) However, if someone has a method to build a simple plugin without maven, feel free to write it here. Thanks :-)
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